Thought for the day, May 4

Gulf Oil Spill

I hate this thing. I hate that we live in a world dominated by crude oil. The growth of nations lay in its ability to mine or obtain crude.

While I preach the virtues of the domestic manufacturing industry, maintaining that this is the backbone of our economy; while I advocate the virtues of buying the domestic, Detroit-born automobile, the impact of our reliance on crude oil is not what the Assembly Line Party sees for the future.

Something to consider:

From Suite101.com
According to the DOE, coal gasification is already in its first stages of commercially viable application. The DOE is now studying the future gasification concepts and looking at the ways the process can be improved, in terms of costs, technology, emissions- capture, efficiencies and fuel flexibility. The DOE’s research, for example, is now suggesting that the same gasification process being used for coal could also be used – with a few modifications – to produce usable fuels from other feedstocks, like biomass, municipal waste, solid waste – or a combination of feedstocks.


While quite possibly not the final answer, the philosophy of common sense holds this idea to have merit for several reasons:

!. At $3.00 per gallon, crude oil is on par to be relatively equal to the price of syngas (coal/gas)
2. Coal is in abundant supply domestically (and world wide) meaning that we become more fully engaged in cross-trickle economics, the effect of which can offset any nominal cost differences.
3. The need to retrofit current combustible engine automobiles is not necessary.
4. The effect of cross trickle economics would leave more funding available to further the progress of the next generation of cars, which would move in the direction of green, alternative fuel sources, dictated by the market. We hold all of the power of this direction with our buying power!
5. Statistics show (DOE) that Co2 emissions would be cut by 20% due mainly to the reduction of fuel expenditure in crude oil transportation costs.
6. It would employ a lot of people in the USA and propel the mandates set forth by the Assembly Line Party, namely the right for a fair-living wage, as well as the ability to become the producer/consumer part of the cross trickle economy at a rapid rate.


Something to "argue!"